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Hi all! been a while since i've been on here, I'm building a canoe, it's a kevlar hull but i want to use wooden thwarts and i have some nice pieces of yew hanging up in my workshop, the wood is not suitable to make a bows so i was wondering if it's possible to use it to make the thwarts and...

Finally! Hopefully there's a pic here?

Just need some advise on finishing a bow, at the moment i'm sanding out any tool marks and i'm just wondering what the best way to finish the bow, varnish? oil? I want to bring out the beautiful grain of the yew and also protect the wood. Also thinking about adding a leather grip and arrow...

Hi, I've been making a yew selfbow and hit a problem. I've tillered the bow to almost the draw weight i want and am happy with the even arc of the limbs. Now i've strung the bow to shoot i can see from behind that the top limb goes off to the right and the bottom limb to the left. any...

I'm making a longbow of yew, and i have some issues: The sapwood looks pretty thick, is it agood idea to thin it? To back or not to back? was thinking of backing it with rawhide? comments? If i'm going to back the bow, should i still follow the contour of the back when thinning the sapwood?

Hi guys, I've been reading the forums for a while now,and have found some of the theads really helpfull and informative, it seems to be a right of passage into bushcraft to carve a spoon. So I went for it! with my lapp pukko knife, axe, and my newly aquired crook knife. here's the result...